Irene Morra

Irene Morra (July 31, 1893 – November 25, 1978) was an American film editor who had a 30-year career in Hollywood beginning during the silent era. She cut a number of films by director David Butler. Irene was born to Francesco Morra and Louise Pederson; she was of Italian and Swedish ancestry. She and her younger sister, Eleanore, grew up primarily in Manhattan before moving to Los Angeles, where she began working in the film industry right out of high school.She got a job working as a film editor while still in her teens, first with D.W. Griffith and later at Pathe, First National, MGM, Fox, and Warner Brothers. Eleanore worked as an assistant editor on many of these projects, especially during the 1930s. Irene played a prominent role in establishing the Motion Picture Editors Guild.She died in 1978 in Los Angeles; she had no known survivors.